The Dead North Film Festival was an annual film festival in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, which presented a lineup of horror, fantasy and science fiction films.Brendan Burke, "Dead North: ‘Mind-melting’ made-in-the-North film festival kicks off tonight". Northern News Services, February 27, 2020. The festival had a special focus on films made in Arctic areas, such as the Canadian territories, Scandinavia, Greenland, Iceland and Russia.Julien Gignac, "Dead North festival is raising the bar for Northern genre filmmaking, president says". Yukon News, February 18, 2020.
The festival was first launched in 2012,Emily Blake, "New TV show gives ‘extra life’ to Dead North’s horror shorts". Cabin Radio, June 25, 2020. by Jay Bulckaert and Pablo Saravanja through the city's Artless Collective."Yellowknife's Dead North Film Festival dead ... for now". CBC North, September 14, 2020. In addition to the primary film festival, the event has also organized filmmaking workshops to act as an unofficial "film school" for amateur filmmakers in the region;Nick Pearce, "Dead North Film Festival doubles down as film school for year 8". Northern News Services, January 7, 2020. in 2020, the festival organizers also launched Rated N, a television series on Yellowknife's cable community channel which broadcasts short films previously screened at the festival.
In September 2020, festival organizers announced that the festival would be going on hiatus.
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